Research Interests

Doctoral research: Focus on substantiating the past (~1 Ga) role of water and ice in shaping the Martian surface.

Future research: Field based morphological studies (of Ladakh).

For all the above research interests I use the photographic and digital data from orbital and aerial platforms. I use the datasets to analyze the distribution, morphology and topography of different scales and extents of ice-rich features emplaced in the middle and higher latitudes of Mars. Further, I utilize the derived information about ages of these ice-rich features to infer their formation history and utlize the subsurface radar signal to evaluate presence of buried ice in these features. Taken together, the results are combined to infer the history of glaciation in the region.

Awards

In December 2016: Best poster presentation award in the National Symposium on 'Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS with Special Emphasis on Mountain Ecosystems' held at IIRS, Dehradun, for the paper entitled 'Late Amazonian modification of impact craters within Newton basin, Mars: Implications for recent and episodic glaciation in the region

In February 2016: Best Poster award in National Space Science Symposium (NSSS) held at VSSC Trivandrum, for the paper entitled, ‘Thermal inertia estimation at Gale crater, Mars using Curiosity REMS data'

In September 2015: First Prize in Hindi Pakhwada "Hamara Karya" event held at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad

In January 2014: Best Poster award in National Space Science Symposium (NSSS) held at Dibrugarh University, Assam, for the paper entitled, ‘Systematic mapping of exposed units in Mawrth Vallis and Hellas Planitia: Attempt for geomorphic characterization of hydrated and anhydrous regions on Mars'

In September 2012: First Prize in Hindi Pakhwada "Hamara Karya" event held at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad

In February 2012: Second prize for poster in National Space Science Symposium (NSSS) held at SV University, Tirupati, for the paper entitled ‘Seasonal accumulation and evacuation: Modeling forced-flows of debris from cavity on an inclined plane on Mars’

In April 2011: Best Student award during M.Tech in Remote Sensing and GIS for the academic year 2010-2011

In March 2010: First Prize in a Technical Quiz conducted by Institute of Remote Sensing, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University

In March 2009: Second prize for paper presentation in Cognizance held at IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, for the paper entitled ‘The space multispectral scanner: design of optics for capturing high resolution images’

9. Rishitosh K. Sinha, Vijayan S, and S.V.S Murty (March 2014), Modes of gully formation around north east of argyre basin and the role of volatile discharge due to microclimatic shifts, 45th Proc. of Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Poster).